 Like seven other states that, by the way, have booming economies, including Florida, Texas, and Tennessee. If they need more revenue, they can just raise the other, less intrusive, to your liberties, taxes, even higher. They won't because it's all about keeping that method of extracting or extorting money from us alive and well. Look, I say this all the time when it comes to taxation to fund government services. It's like a balloon, right? It's like a balloon, inflated and tied off.